Deodorizing device for pipes



R. J. VALENTINE DEODORIZING- DEVICE FOR PIPES March 2s, 195o Filed sept. 1, 1945 Inventor RICHARD J. VALENTINE #W am@ Patented Mar. 28, 1950 NUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DEODORIZING DEVICE FOR PIPES Richard J. Valentine, Claremont, Calif.

Application September 1, 1945, Serial No. 614,031 s claims. (ci. .2i-61) 'I'he invention relates to a deodorizing device, and especially to a deodorizing device for tobacco pipe bowls, of the capsule or cartridge type.

A primary object of the invention is the pro- Vision of a device of this character comprising a cartridge or capsule packed with charcoal granules adapted to t tightly into a tobacco pipe bowl and through the use of the gas, odor, or fume absorption properties of the charcoal to reduce and remove objectionable and distasteful odors, fumes and tastes from tobacco pipes.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, so shaped as to permit ready handling and preclude soiling of the fingers in the use thereof.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, readily and easily handled, and inexpensive to manufacture. y

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses a preferred embodiment of the invention, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is an elevationaly View of one form of the device constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side view of a smoking pipe, partly broken away and showing the device in section inserted within the pipe bowl.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical longitudinal sectional view of an upper portion of the device.

Figure 4 is a perspective View of the cage or body of the device unfilled.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the clamping ring for the cage or body of the device.

Figure 6 is a perspective view for the cap to the device.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A designates generally the stem of a tobacco pipe, which is attached to a bowl B. Insertable in the bowl B of the pipe is the deodorizing cartridge or capsule constituting the present invention, which comprises a reticulated or wire mesh body I0, of any desired tubiform size having an outwardly tapered and rounded closed bottom II, integral therewith, while the opposite or top end of body I0 accommodates a closure cap I2 having a re- 65 duced stopper area I3, provided peripherally thereof with an annular seating groove or channel I4 in which the upper head at the open top of the body Ill is seated through the use of a split spring clamping ring I5.

The body IU is adapted to be filled with a quantity of volatile absorbent material, preferably comprising activated charcoal granules I6, which are held confined by the cap I2 secured in place for closing the upper open end of the body I0 of the device. This charcoal packing acts as a dekodorizer, so that when the cartridge or capsule is removably inserted within the bowl B of the pipe the gas, odor, or fume absorption properties of such charcoal will reduce and remove objectionable and distasteful odors, fumes and tastes from tobacco pipes, when the pipe is not in use, it being, of course, assumed that the bowl B is empty of tobacco when a cartridge or capsule is placed therein.

In the operation of the cartridge or capsule it is inserted into the empty pipe bowl and left there for a period of time, say, whenever the pipe is not in use, the body of the volatile absorbent material, finely cut charcoal particles, this lling substantially the entire space inside of the bowl, and naturally absorbing the disagreeable volatiles present in the walls and bottom of the pipe bowl at a high rate of absorption. The proximity of the charcoal to the walls and bottom of the pipe bowl, particularly induces a high rate of absorption of the volatiles from the walls and sides of such pipe bowl. The cartridge is easily and deftly handled by means of the cap, precluding soiling of the fingers from carbon or nicotine and residue from the bowl of the pipe, which might adhere to the outside of the cartridge or capsule.

From the foregoing it will now be seen that there is herein provided a device accomplishing all the objects of this invention, and others, including many advantages of great practical utility and commercial importance.

As many embodiments may be made of the inventive concept, and as many modications may be made in the embodiment herein shown and described it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted merely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What is claimed is:

l. A deodorizing device for the bowl of a smoking pipe when` the pipe is not being used, comprising a reticulated container closed at one end and open at the other end thereof, said container substantially completely filling the bowl of the pipe, a cap forming a stopper in the open end of said container, and deodorizing and absorbent material within said container.

2. A deodorizing device for the bowl of a smoking pipe when the pipe is not being used, comprising a reticulated container closed at one end and 5 withinlsaid container, andmeans.,fortahably 1,0,

holding theiccntainenfast to the ca'p,;sa;di material comprising activated charcoal granules.,

3. A deodorizing device for the bowl of a smoking pipe when the pipe is not being used, comprising a reticulated container closed-eat fonegehdsand 15 open at the other end thereosaid containensub; l, stantially completely filling the Abowl-fof the pipe, a Cap forming a stopper'inthe .Qpemendf Qftsad container, deodorizing and absorbent, material within said container, said lling comprising 20 Number activated charcoal granules, and means for reinovablyz securing'fsaid lstopper' inasaid container comprising a peripheral groove in said stopper, a split clamping spring ring engaging a portion of the container adjacent said open end thereof and holding said portion in said peripheral groove.

RICHARD J. VALENTINE.

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